62 Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers
BOB: Taste for different things?
SRILA PRABHUPADA: Hm?
BOB: Does he keep his individual likes and dislikes?
SRILA PRABHUPADA: Yes, he keeps everything. But he
gives preference to Krsna. Suppose I like this thing but
Krsna says, ‘No, you cannot use it.” Then I shall not use it.
It is for Krsna’s sake.

nirbandhah krsna-sambandhe

yuktam vairagyam ucyate

Krsna says positively, “I like these things.” So we have to
offer to Krsna what He likes, and then we'll take prasdda.
Krsna likes Radharani. Therefore all the gopis, they are try-
ing to push Radharani to Krsna. “Krsna likes this gopi. All
right, push Her.” That is Krsna consciousness. To satisfy
the senses of Krsna, not to satisfy my senses. That is bhakti.
That is called prema, love for Krsna. “Ah, Krsna likes this. I
must give Him this.”
BOB: There is some prasdda [food offered to Krsna]. It’s
offered, and then we go and eat, and different prasadams are
served. Some I like, and some I find the taste not at all to my
liking.
SRILA PRABHUPADA: You should not do that. The perfec-
tion is that whatever is offered to Krsna you should accept.
That is perfection. You cannot say, “I like this, I don’t like
this.” So long as you make such discrimination, that means
you have not appreciated what prasdda is.
A DEVOTEE: What if there is someone speaking of likes
and dislikes? Say someone is preparing some prasdda . . .
SRILA PRABHUPADA: No disliking, no liking. Whatever
Krsna likes, that’s all right.
A DEVOTEE: Yes. But say someone prepares something,
